Meanwhile, Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh also wished the Prime Minister on his birthday, saying, “My best wishes to Modi ji on his birthday. May Almighty give him wisdom to admit his mistakes and correct them.”

A word of advice to Modiji "It takes guts and humility to admit mistakes. Admitting "we are wrong is courage, not weakness." -Roy T Bennet

Modi was born to Hiraba and Damodardas Modi in Vadnagar in Gujarat’s Mehsana district on September 17, 1950.

Modi started his day by taking blessings of his 97-year-old mother Hiraba, who lives with his younger brother Pankaj at Raisan village near state capital Gandhinagar.

The Prime Minister, who arrived in Ahmedabad on Saturday night, drove to his younger brother’s residence at Vrindavan Bungalows on the outskirts of Gandhinagar on Sunday morning and took blessings of his mother.